A note of thanks to all who pre-ordered my next book — and a glimpse at the jacket…

Just a quick note of thanks to all who pre-ordered The Gorelets Omnibus directly from the publisher. Soon you'll have a smooth clean first-on-the-block book in your hands along with a collectible all-original poem on fancy paper for your kindness.  Oh, and lots of embarrassingly outrageous exclamations in public when you're not otherwise dry heaving.  Enjoy! I think this weekend was the deadline to pre-order, but so long as those buttons on their website allow you to preorder, you still might qualify for the free extra during the grace period if you're quick.  If you didn't preorder, don't be shy: …

Support the Alpha Workshop Fundraiser – Bid on ‘Many Genres’

Check out the Alpha Workshop Fundraiser, which is a chance to donate to a scholarship fund for a worthy young genre writer's workshop and also pick up some excellent science fiction, fantasy and horror-related books and other services. Alpha is a fantastic workshop; I've taught there as a guest three times, and every time I've visited I've been very impressed by the students, who go on to publish and make a dent in the industry. For their fundraiser, I've contributed a signed copy of the how-to book I edited with Heidi Ruby Miller, Many Genres One Craft, to their fundraising…

More #SHUWPF Residency Photos

We're almost done with the weeklong Writing Popular Fiction residency at Seton Hill (graduation is tomorrow).  My photography has been sad and sorry, but here are some of the surviving shots I've managed to take.  Highlights in this batch include various horror authors associated with the program [from Scott Johnson to Stephanie Wytovich and Joseph Borelli] to the great events with our special guests, Sophie Littlefield, Rachael Herron and Juliet Blackwell.